The Day You Went Away by M. J. Scott

Author:M. J. Scott [Scott, M. J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy, Fantasy, Vampire Romance, Werewolf Romance, Werewolves, Vampires, magic, Accountant, The Wild Side Series, FIC027120, FIC009060, FIC009000
Publisher: emscott enterprises
Published: 2014-11-01T23:00:00+00:00

4. CRIES

I woke up in a car and nearly freaked out when I didn’t recognize the guy driving. He wore a suit—a nice one—and he smelled like expensive cologne but that didn’t change the fact that he was huge, with a shaved head and a tattoo that looked like claws poking up out of the collar of his white shirt.

“It’s okay,” he said. “We’re almost at the hospital.”

“Hospital?” My skin prickled.

“You’re bleeding,” he pointed out. “That was a nasty crash.”

Crash. Now I remembered. “Dan.” I gasped, the words turning into a near-sob as the panic surged back.

“He’s okay. He’s being taken back to the pack. He’ll be fine. But you need to be checked out.” He glanced at me. “And if I’m not mistaken, some stitches.” He turned into a street and I saw the familiar facade of Seattle Northern in front of me.

“I don’t—” I stopped as the realization hit me that my skin was prickling from shifter buzz not shock. “You’re a werewolf.”

“Yes.” He nodded. “But don’t worry, I’m not going to do what Dan did.”

“I’m covered in blood,” I pointed out, noticing that fact for the first time.

“Yeah, it’s not your best look. But I’m not a cub like your man back there. You’re safe with me.” He steered the car into a parking space near the E.R. sign.

“I don’t understand. Who are you? Why were you there? Were you following us?” I heard my voice getting higher and higher with each question.

“Easy, Ms. Keenan. Doctor first, then questions,” he said.

* * *

My nameless savior helped me out of the car and half-carried me into the E.R. Apparently walking in covered in blood and broken glass was a good strategy for going to the top of the priority queue. I was whisked off to a cubicle after my new friend had explained what had happened and had a virtual squad of doctors and nurses swarming around me in no time. They took me down to have a CT scan or something. When that pronounced my neck and back to be clear, I was cleaned off, a gash in my arm numbed and stitched up, and then someone slid what could very well be a pointless lycanthropy vaccine booster into my arm. Then they gave me more painkillers and put me into a slightly larger room with a bed, told me I had to stay under observation for a few hours, and left me alone.

Almost immediately my suited friend appeared in the doorway. “Can I come in?”

“Are you going to take no for an answer?”

“Probably not,” he said.

“Then be my guest.”

He sat on the visitor’s chair next to the bed. “How are you feeling?”

“Like I got hit by a truck.”

“It was a minivan actually. Or the first one was. I think the second car was an SUV.”

“I’m less interested in the cars than the result,” I said. The painkillers were starting to make me feel floaty. “Can I ask questions now?”

“Sure.”

My head hurt. I decided to start with something easy.

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